Thrausi is a legacy third-party fracturing plugin for Cinema 4D. Before Maxon introduced native physics and fracturing toolsets, Thrausi was the industry standard for breaking objects into pieces automatically.

Extract the downloaded zip file and place the Thrausi folder inside the plugins directory.

A realistic explosion never features pieces of identical sizes. Use Thrausi to create a base layer of medium-sized chunks, then use C4D's native particle systems or MoGraph matrix objects to scatter tiny dust, debris, and pebble particles around the impact zone to sell the scale of the destruction.

To understand how to make your fractures "hit better," you first need to know the tools at your disposal. Thrausi is more than just a "smash" button. Here are its key capabilities:

For high-quality detail, set the fracturing to 100 pieces or more.

Pay close attention to Bounce , Friction , and Collision Shape . Setting the Collision Shape to Static Mesh on complex objects will prevent your pieces from floating or intersecting during the simulation.

After fracturing, add a tag to your fragments. The dynamics settings are where you achieve a "heavy" impact.

Extremely user-friendly; you simply select an object, choose the number of pieces, and click "Break". Nitro4d – PLUGINS Pros and Cons Thrausi - Nitro4d